Silas 
Notice the sound around you right now. A refrigerator’s hum. Traffic somewhere in the distance. A notification buzzing against a table. For most of human history, the background noise of daily life rarely rose above thirty or forty decibels — the volume of a quiet conversation, or rustling leaves. Today, the average urban environment sits … Read more
A friend invites you to dinner on Friday. You’re exhausted from the week, and all you want is a quiet night in. It should be a two-second reply. Instead, you find yourself staring at the screen for fifteen minutes, drafting and redrafting: the week was stressful, there’s a headache coming on, the laundry is piling … Read more
It’s late on a Sunday afternoon, and you haven’t done anything. No errands, no exercise, no chores. You’ve spent the last four hours wrapped in a blanket on the couch, phone in hand, moving nothing but your thumb. And yet when you finally get up, your limbs feel heavy. Your head feels thick. Making dinner … Read more